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"Did you realize that we live in a reality where SciHub is illegal, and OpenAI is not?" (fosstodon.org)
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[–] [email protected] 4 points 10 months ago (1 children)

The problem isn’t just publishing though, it’s academia as well. Scientists are incentivized to publish in “prestigious” closed access journals such as Nature. They are led to believe it’s better for their career than publishing in open access journals such as PLOS One. As such, groundbreaking papers often get paywalled. Universities then feel obligated to pay outrageous subscription fees to access them.

[–] Maggoty 1 points 10 months ago

Yup. And this would change that, giving universities more influence.